Harlem Mural on W 141st Street
It was a warm, sunny morning as I walked from the 145th Street Station to the location of the Mobile Market. As I was walking up Amsterdam Ave, I noticed this beautiful mural on the side of Mark Levine’s Office, which is the partner for this mobile site. You can also see in the picture the people lining up for the pantry. Although WSCAH’s goal was to move away from the stigmatized ‘soup kitchens’ and lining up for your food, these Harlem citizens seem to use the time waiting as a social hour. When I walked up, everyone was lively and talking, in all different languages.
My walks between the mobile pantry site and the subway station made me want to move to this part of Harlem. The streets and sidewalks were wide, it was not bustling and smoggy like Midtown, and it was shaded with tall trees. The architecture on the buildings was exquisite. This part of Harlem is considered a historic district as this district contains a notably cohesive and intact collection of late-19th century row house architectural styles, including rows of neo-Grec buildings with their classical ornament and incised details, along with Queen Anne, Renaissance Revival, and Romanesque Revival style buildings. As soon as I got home, I started looking at available apartments in the area…
